To Infinity and Beyond

Neil deGrasse Tyson · Lindsey Nyx Walker

Sep 2023 · Sold by Disney Electronic Content

About this ebook

Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible—and fun—than Neil deGrasse Tyson. With wit, charm, and everyday analogies, he and StarTalk senior producer Lindsey Nyx Walker bring planetary science down to Earth and principles of astrophysics within reach. In this entertaining book, illustrated with vivid photographs and art, readers travel with him through space and time, starting with the Big Bang and voyaging to the far reaches of the universe and beyond. Along the way, science greets pop culture as Tyson explains the triumphs—and bloopers—in Hollywood's blockbusters: all part of an entertaining ride through the cosmos. The book begins as we leave Earth, encountering new truths about our planet's atmosphere, the nature of sunlight, and the many missions that have demystified our galactic neighbors. But the farther out we travel, the weirder things get. What's a void and what's a vacuum? How can light be a wave and a particle at the same time? When we finally arrive in the blackness of outer space, Tyson takes on the spookiest phenomena of the cosmos: parallel worlds, black holes, time travel, and more. For science junkies and fans of the conundrums that astrophysicists often ponder, To Infinity and Beyond is an enlightening adventure into the farthest reaches of the cosmos.

Ratings and reviews

Reading was a bit disorienting at first. Starting early in time to start next to the earth was a misleading clue we were advancing chronologically instead of spatially. It makes sense upon reflection. This in no way detracts from the warm theme at the beginning reimagining the central California Coast with Carl Sagan inviting us to join him from that "shore of a cosmic ocean"!

"where the [sky] ends- if at all" Not only was 'To Infinity and Beyond" a moving, and grounding, pointed work, but it struck the fear of the skies into me in a way i havent felt since a child. it is worth more than its MSRP-- pure non-fiction, and a must-read for adults and children, alike.

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